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Taiwan notebook ODMs
Taiwan notebook Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) account for more than 90% of global notebook production and Digitimes is there to provide daily updates on shipments, supplier contracts and financial data on the more than 10 Taiwan makers involved in notebook manufacturing.
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Monday 1 February 2010
Quanta aiming for NT$1 trillion in 2010 revenues; developing cloud-based DSC
Quanta Computer has set a goal of achieving consolidated revenues of more than NT$1 trillion (US$31.23 billion) for 2010 with notebook shipments to surpass 50 million units, according...
Monday 1 February 2010
MSI expects 50% notebook shipment growth in 2010, says chairman
Micro-Star International (MSI) expects its notebook shipments in 2010 will grow 50% on year and EPS will return to the level of NT$2.25 (US$0.07) seen in 2008 due to adjustments in...
Monday 1 February 2010
Acer has no plans for iPad-like product, says Acer Taiwan president
Acer will focus on pushing ultra-thin notebooks for 2010 and currently has no plans to jump on the bandwagon to launch a hardware device similar to Apple's new iPad, according to Acer...
Friday 29 January 2010
Unexpectedly low Apple iPad price forces notebook vendors to re-evaluate their tablet PC strategies
Notebook vendors include Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) have re-evaluated their strategies for the tablet PC market following Apple's launch of the iPad at a consumer-friendly...
Friday 29 January 2010
Labor shortages in notebook supply chain to impact component shipments
Labor shortages in China are expected to impact component makers' shipments in the first quarter of 2010 as most of the makers can only satisfy 70-80% of their orders, while orders...
Friday 29 January 2010
AUO aims at 20% shipment share for LED-backlit TV panels in 2010
AU Optronics (AUO) expects its LED-backlit panels to account for 20% of its total LCD TV panels in 2010, up from 10% in 2009, according to company executive VP of global business unit...
Friday 29 January 2010
Flextronics aims to double PC shipments in 2010
Flextronics is aiming to double its PC shipments in 2010, according to Sean Burke, president of Flextronics Computing.
Thursday 28 January 2010
Chicony and Sunrex to see revenues drop in 1Q10
Taiwan-based notebook keyboard makers Sunrex Technology and Chicony Electronics expect to see sequential drops in their first-quarter 2010 revenues, but declines will be smaller compared...
Thursday 28 January 2010
Rugged notebook maker Crete expects 20% revenue growth in 2010
Taiwan-based rugged notebook maker Crete System expects its revenues from retail channel business to increase 20-30% on year and 20% for its rugged device business benefiting from...
Wednesday 27 January 2010
LED to surpass CCFL in large-size LCD backlights in 2011, says DisplaySearch
LED backlight units (BLUs) will surpass CCFL/EEFL BLUs in large-size TFT-LCD panels in 2011, and achieve 74% penetration in 2013, according to DisplaySearch.
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Supply of protective components tightens
Taiwan-based protective component makers have seen better-than-expected order volumes in January, with the shortage gap reaching tens of millions of units, according to market sources...
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Quanta dismisses report it is vying for Asustek orders
Quanta Computer has issued a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) denying a January 25 Chinese-language Commercial Times report which stated the company is working...
Monday 25 January 2010
Notebook component makers to see dropping prices in 2010
Taiwan-based makers of notebook components such as connectors and hinges, are expected to see their selling prices drop in 2010 as notebook makers are transferring the pressure from...
Monday 25 January 2010
Taiwan notebook makers consider setting up common supply-chain platform
Taiwan-based notebook makers Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec are considering establishing a common component supply chain platform, according to industry...
Thursday 21 January 2010
Toshiba patent complaint to have little impact, says Wistron
Wistron has commented on a recent patent complaint over notebook technologies lodged by Toshiba, saying that shipment volumes of affected notebook models are very small and so the...